Entry for May 22, 2006

My Blame Rant

I have lived in the US for about 10 years now and I am amazed at the things that People Sue for. I think blaming others for what goes wrong is one of the weirdest traits we humans have. After a lot of exercise in being aware of the times I blame others, I came to the conclusion that I cannot eliminate that urge to blame completely. So I did the next best thing I could think off, Distraction.  I came up with a few fun things to do when I want to blame someone or something.  I blame them on something completely inanimate, something that can never ever react to my rants and accusations. I also like to make it totally inane and illogical so that it is more fun.  

 

Every time I behave in a manner that I can’t be proud of, I notice that it is in the week that has either the full moon or the new moon.  So I go, “Well, it’s the full/new moon”.  If my kids don’t eat what I cooked … fast food restaurants are to blame, if my kids were not so pre-occupied with the great food they make (*sigh*), the food I cook would taste great.   If I can’t sleep at night… Starbucks is to blame, if it wasn’t for all that caffeine I smell from memory, I would sleep so well.  When my kids quarrel with each other… The white house defense strategists are to blame, if it wasn’t for all the news of their wars around the world to control energy resources, my kids wouldn’t know how to quarrel over toys. 

 

We can also blame Nordic track, when we become overweight, seriously why can’t they make treadmills that burn calories when we just stand on it, instead of having to really exercise.  Blame the automakers, if the car refuses to let the pedestrian cross the street. Why aren’t they making cars that have eyes, why do I have to watch where I am going.  While we are at it- Blame the snack food for not refusing to be eaten, why they don’t fight us when we eat more.  Blame the  TV’s and Video games for not having a social life, those gadgets should refuse to turn on if we used them for more than an hour a day. Blame those catwalk models for breakups in relationships, if it wasn’t for them, our spouses wouldn’t go off with someone more beautiful/handsome.  Blame the toxicity in our bodies on  the rising cost of drinking water, if it wasn’t for that we would remember to drink water instead of carbonated drinks to cleanse our system.

I wonder if the animals of the world blame us for their dwindling habitats, forest fires, droughts, floods etc. I wonder if the numerous Antibiotic resistant, disease causing Bacteria blame us for making them so strong.  Hmmmm… off to think of more things to blame for things that go wrong in my life.